Russia's Top 2% Scientists 2025

Russia has 962 scientists on the 2025 single-year Top 2% list, down 0.6% from 968 in 2024. That places Russia 34th in the world by number of listed scientists, down 2 places. Lomonosov Moscow State University has the most listed scientists (73), followed by Saint Petersburg State University (31).

Single Year

962

-6 (-0.6%) vs 2024

Career Data

1,069

+89 (+9.1%) vs 2024

World rank by count

#34

down 2 places vs 2024

Institutes

310

+74 (+31.4%) vs 2024

Scientists in Russia on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 28% since 2020.

Single-year list, change on the previous year

2021+27.7%

2022+0.1%

2023-5.3%

2024+6.5%

2025-0.6%

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Year	Single Year	Change	Career Data	Change
2020	751		709
2021	959	+27.7%	847	+19.5%
2022	960	+0.1%	887	+4.7%
2023	909	-5.3%	906	+2.1%
2024	968	+6.5%	980	+8.2%
2025	962	-0.6%	1,069	+9.1%

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Rank in Russia	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	1,472	SA Starobinsky, Alexei A.	Kazan Federal University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 13
2	1,746	KN Kudryashov, Nikolay A.	National Research Nuclear University MEPhI	Mathematical Physics	Rank 3
3	2,710	VR Valiev, R. Z.	Ufa University of Science and Technology	Materials	Rank 54
4	2,971	Dorozhkin, Sergei V.	Kudrinskaja sq. 1-155	Materials	Rank 58
5	3,431	Oganov, Artem R.	Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology	Applied Physics	Rank 88
6	3,493	LR Luque, Rafael L.	RUDN University	Organic Chemistry	Rank 48
7	3,571	PB Polyak, Boris T.	V. A. Trapeznikov Institute of Control Sciences, Russian Academy of Sciences	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 42
8	4,201	AV Ananikov, Valentine P.	N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences	Organic Chemistry	Rank 58
9	4,314	OI Oseledets, Ivan V.	Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 231
10	5,111	SI Sobol’, Il'ya M.	Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics of Russian Academy of Sciences	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 9
11	5,395	MA Mikhaylov, Alexey Yu	Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation	Energy	Rank 147
12	5,604	SA Shapeev, Alexander V.	Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology	Materials	Rank 99
13	6,848	TV Tarasov, Vasily E.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 37
14	7,787	SM Sheremet, Mikhail A.	Tomsk State University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 76
15	8,134	KV Kagan, Valerian E.	Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 130
16	8,441	ZV Zakharov, Vladimir E.	Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 55
17	9,138	Abbas, Shujaat	Ural Federal University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 196
18	9,254	RV Rajput, Vishnu D.	Southern Federal University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 199
19	9,573	AS Allakhverdiev, Suleyman I.	Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 115
20	10,081	KN Kazanskiy, Nikolay L.	Samara National Research University	Optics	Rank 48
21	10,293	AV Anisimov, Vladimir I.	Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology	Applied Physics	Rank 206
22	12,675	BG Barenblatt, Grigory Isaakovich	P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences	Applied Mathematics	Rank 37
23	12,871	TA Tseytlin, Arkady A.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 163
24	12,889	OA Orekhov, Alexander Nikolaevich	Institute of General Pathology and Pathophysiology RAMS	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 392
25	13,578	TV Tuchin, Valery V.	Institute of Precision Mechanics and Control, Russian Academy of Sciences	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 24
26	13,603	BK Bronnikov, K. A.	Research Center for Applied Metrology	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 177
27	13,699	KS Khonina, Svetlana Nikolaevna	Image Processing Systems Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences	Optics	Rank 68
28	14,780	VG Volovik, Grigory E.	Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences	General Physics	Rank 112
29	15,499	RV Rubakov, Valerii A.	Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 194
30	15,829	CD Chistiakov, Dimitry Alexandrovich	Research Center for Children's Health	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 240
31	16,129	AA Ardila, Alfredo E.	Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University	Experimental Psychology	Rank 245
32	16,471	BV Blatov, Vladislav A.	Samara State Technical University	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 39
33	17,978	KY Kartashov, Yaroslav V.	Institute of Spectroscopy, Russian Academy of Sciences	Optics	Rank 85
34	19,386	KT Karu, Tiina I.	Institute On Laser and Information Technologies, Russian Academy of Sciences	Dermatology & Venereal Diseases	Rank 61
35	21,246	PC Pace, Carlos Nick	Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 325
36	22,029	GM Gorodetsky, M. L.	National University of Science & Technology (MISIS)	Optics	Rank 103
37	22,134	SK Stevenson, Keith J.	Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 772
38	22,156	LL Landau, Lev Davidovich	Russian Academy of Sciences	Materials	Rank 413
39	22,250	SP Shen, Peikang	Institute of High Temperature Electrochemistry of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Energy	Rank 607
40	22,449	SN Smirnov, Nickolay N.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Aerospace & Aeronautics	Rank 28
41	22,469	KN Khlebtsov, Nikolai Grigor Evich	Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants and Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences	Chemical Physics	Rank 335
42	22,704	VM Vasiliev, Mikhail A.	P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 297
43	23,251	HA Holevo, Alexander Semenovich	Steklov Mathematical Institute of RAS	Mathematical Physics	Rank 15
44	24,027	DB Derjaguin, Boris V.	A.N. Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Chemical Physics	Rank 350
45	24,819	SV Skulachev, Vladimir P.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 381
46	26,398	PD Pimenov, Danil Yu	South Ural State University	Materials	Rank 505
47	26,404	SA Solovchenko, Alexei E.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 362
48	27,536	MN Martyushev, Nikita V.	Tomsk Polytechnic University	Materials	Rank 535
49	27,997	IA Ivanovskiĩ, Alexander L.	Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 547
50	28,182	WL Weill, Laurent	Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO)	Economics	Rank 407
51	28,272	AY Aristov, Yurii I.	Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 280
52	28,392	MT Minkina, Tatiana Mikhailovna	Southern Federal University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 618
53	29,253	LV Litvinenko, Vladimir S.	Saint Petersburg Mining University	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 441
54	29,502	GJ Goldstone, Jack A.	Volgograd Institute of Management, RANEPA	Sociology	Rank 156
55	29,513	PO Pokrovsky, Oleg S.	Tomsk State University	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 447
56	29,649	DA Dolgov, Aleksander D.	Bogoliubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 396
57	29,816	ZY Zeldovich, Yakov Borisovich	P.L. Kapitza Institute for Physical Problems of Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 398
58	30,103	SV Smirnov, Vladimir A.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 403
59	30,219	Popkova, Elena G.	RUDN University	Business & Management	Rank 827
60	30,245	SA Smirnov, Alexander V.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 406
61	30,860	LK Lee, Keun	HSE University	Economics	Rank 453
62	31,665	KS Krivovichev, Sergey V.	Nanomaterials Research Centre Kola Science Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 477
63	31,833	SV Seredin, Vladimir V.	Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrography, Mineralogy and Geochemistry, RAS	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 479
64	32,037	SE Schlyakhto, Evgeny Vladimirovich	Almazov National Medical Research Centre	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 926
65	32,068	OY Oganessian, Yury Ts	Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 438
66	32,120	HJ Hirsch, Jürgen R.	Samara National Research University	Materials	Rank 633
67	32,256	KE Khazanov, Efim A.	Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Optics	Rank 132
68	32,457	SN Stepanov, Nikita D.	Saint Petersburg State Marine Technical University	Materials	Rank 641
69	32,512	FL Faddeev, Ludvig Dmitrievich	Russian Academy of Sciences	Mathematical Physics	Rank 19
70	33,270	DE Dianov, Evgenii M.	Dianov Fiber Optics Research Center	Optics	Rank 140
71	33,485	KG Knyazev, Gennady Georgievich	Research Institute of Neurosciences and Medicine	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,542
72	34,284	MD Medvedev, Dmitry A.	Institute of High Temperature Electrochemistry of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Energy	Rank 941
73	34,754	KR KAIBYSHEV, Rustam O.	Belgorod State University	Materials	Rank 695
74	34,775	GM Glazov, Mikhail M.	Ioffe Institute	Applied Physics	Rank 660
75	35,952	NS Nikolenko, Sergey I.	Saint Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics University ITMO	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,581
76	35,957	MS Misyura, S. Y.	Institute of Thermophysics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 358
77	36,225	DS Dedysh, Svetlana N.	Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Russian Academy of Sciences	Microbiology	Rank 699
78	36,331	AV Atuchin, Victor V.	Tomsk State University	Applied Physics	Rank 693
79	36,373	MH Moulin, Hervé J.	HSE University	Economic Theory	Rank 4
80	36,707	ZD Zorov, Dmitry Borisovich	National Medical Research Center for Hematology	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 576
81	36,738	KA Karyakin, Arkady A.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 189
82	37,127	SR Surmenev, Roman A.	Tomsk Polytechnic University	Materials	Rank 738
83	37,194	PS Pulinets, Sergey Alexander	Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 698
84	37,346	TN Tsyganenko, Nikolai A.	Saint Petersburg State University	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 703
85	38,174	Omboni, Stefano	Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,088
86	38,600	MR Metsaev, R. R.	P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 526
87	38,850	SL Salamon, Lester M.	HSE University	Political Science & Public Administration	Rank 327
88	39,303	BY Bobryshev, Yuri Veniaminovich	Institute of General Pathology and Pathophysiology RAMS	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,112
89	40,060	TI Tkachev, Igor I.	Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 540
90	40,097	Sohag, Kazi	Ural Federal University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 896
91	40,390	BL Boinovich, L. B.	A.N. Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Chemical Physics	Rank 539
92	40,564	MV Mironov, Vladimir A.	Ministry of Health of Russian Federation	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 160
93	40,944	FA Fedorov, Alexandr Vladimirovich	Khristianovich Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics SB RAS	Energy	Rank 1,140
94	41,019	BI Beletskaya, Irina Petrovna	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Organic Chemistry	Rank 500
95	43,565	DM Dubinin, M. M.	Russian Academy of Sciences	Organic Chemistry	Rank 536
96	43,763	KR Klyuev, R. V.	Moscow Polytechnic University	Geology	Rank 47
97	43,831	ZS Zagoruyko, Sergey	MTS AI	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,908
98	43,980	LR Lee, Roman N.	Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Siberian Branch of the RAS	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 583
99	44,348	BK Bryliakov, Konstantin P.	N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences	Organic Chemistry	Rank 546
100	44,362	MM Merzlyak, Mark N.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 639
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Russia are in the 2025 Stanford Top 2% list?

962 scientists affiliated with Russia are on the 2025 single-year list, and 1,069 are on the career-long list.

Which institute in Russia has the most Top 2% scientists?

On the 2025 single-year list, Lomonosov Moscow State University has the most listed scientists from Russia, with 73. It is followed by Saint Petersburg State University with 31.

How has the number of Top 2% scientists in Russia changed since 2020?

On the single-year list, Russia went from 751 scientists in 2020 to 962 in 2025, a change of +28.1%.

What is the difference between the single-year and career-long lists?

The single-year list ranks scientists on the citations their work received in one year. The career-long list ranks them on citations across their whole career. Both lists are published every year, and a scientist can be on one, both or neither.

What is the official source of this data?

The rankings come from the science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators published by Ioannidis et al. in the Elsevier Data Repository, updated every year. TOPSCINET, an independent platform, organises that data by country, year, institute and field, so you can compare and explore it.